1.   But nowhere has that been enough to close yawning budget gaps.

2.   That is the gamble that American officials, who transformed their own yawning budget deficit into a surplus, have prodded Japan to take.

3.   The accord will help Russia close a yawning budget shortfall.

4.   The debt accord will help Russia close a yawning budget shortfall.

5.   The country is facing a collapsing currency, a yawning budget deficit and a deteriorating economy.

6.   To fill yawning budget gaps, the Russian government had been issuing short-term treasury bills, known as GKOs, paying sky-high interest rates to keep investors intrigued.

7.   But for the Russian government, concerns about their yawning budget deficits are far more pressing than worries about nuclear proliferation.

8.   Despite the huge money growth to fill the yawning budget gap, Dubinin said that he is optimistic that inflationary pressures in the Russian economy will remain under control.

9.   Hariri contends the plan is distracting the government from more pressing matters, including a yawning budget deficit.

10.   It has been a key source of revenue made all the more vital now by a yawning budget deficit that helped sink the previous government.